Forbes columnist Steven Salzberg and author-investigator Joe Nickell will each be awarded the 2012 Robert P. Balles Prize in Critical Thinking, to be presented by the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry at the CFI Summit in October.

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Julia Galef

Julia Galef is a New York-based writer and public speaker specializing in science, rationality, and design. She serves on the board of directors of the New York City Skeptics (http://nycskeptics.org/), co-hosts their official podcast Rationally Speaking (www.rationallyspeakingpodcast.org/), and co-writes its blog (www.rationallyspeaking.org/) along with philosopher of science Massimo Pigliucci. She received her BA in statistics from Columbia in 2005.

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